Guards: The Archers of Saint Sebastian IV

“A happy ending? Why, my boy, I positively guarantee it!”— Gilles, in The Archers of Saint Sebastian III16-year-old Marieke is hoping against hope that these words can somehow prove prophetic. But things are looking grim for her and her beloved Tristan, the boy for whom she’s been serving as a squire while in disguise as a boy at the elite Archers’ Guild of St. Sebastian. She’s sworn a sacred vow to help Tristan win the guild competitions to become the prince’s newest Guardsman, without ever letting him discover that she’s really a girl — a girl who loves him.With the final Journeyman competitions fast approaching, time is running out for Marieke to find a way to keep her oath, and to accomplish the goal for which she went to St. Sebastian’s in the first to learn the truth about what really happened there long ago to her father. But the hardest thing of all will surely be figuring out an answer to the question she’s been avoiding ever since she stepped foot inside the what in the world can come ‘after,’ once she has to leave St. Sebastian’s?It's time for answers, revelations, and confessions —it’s time for confrontations, catastrophes, and triumphs —And most of all, it’s time for there to be a winner, and to find out once and for all who is really the best shot who’s ever been at St. Sebastian’s. The Archers of Saint Sebastian IV is the stunning conclusion of the Archers of Saint Sebastian tetralogy. This series is a continuous story, so you’ll want to have read Journeys, Squires, and Masters, before reading Guards!Praise for Journeys and the Archers of Saint Sebastian “This storytelling has you like a fly on the wall!” – Amazon reviewer“An absolute favorite. I just finished the three first books and I haven’t had so much delight in reading I think EVER! Funny, exhilarating, suspenseful, roooommmaaanntic. (Not in a smutty way… a melt your heart, will they or won’t they kind of way.) I am dying for book 4! … I’ve fallen in love with each of these characters and feel like I’ve been on this “journey” with them.” – Amazon reviewer“One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. The novel is so finely crafted I savored every page … the plot holds mystery, intrigue, romance, and plenty of action. I really didn’t know what was coming next most of the time and appreciated that.” — Claudia Oltean, the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union“...[an] impressive knowledge of longbow shooting, displayed at its best in the three competitions that structure the plot. The prose is excellent.” — Historical Novel Society“I couldn't stop reading. The characters are so fun to read.” — Goodreads reviewer“This book might just become my new comfort book.” — Goodreads reviewer“The tension is breathtaking at every turn.” – Goodreads reviewer“I would give it a solid 6 stars, it was breathtaking … it is by far the best book I’ve read in years!” – Goodreads reviewer“Thi